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To: greenspirit who wrote (42157)	1/21/2002 3:01:44 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 50167

Consider where else that money could have been spent. One billion people inhabit India. Millions starve there, while millions cannot manage three normal meals on daily basis. The per capita income is stuck between $320 to $380 US dollars. The social sector presents a gloomier picture. More than 300 million Indians are illiterate, and the figure keeps mounting because of rapid growth in population. Fifty million children do not go to school. Well over 140 million people are devoid of even primitive medical care. Potable water is scarce, and more than 240 million persons drink polluted water. On an average, 56 % of the population lives below the poverty line. Furthermore, India owes $90 billion US dollars to the world. Despite these incredible figures, the specter of terrorism caused India to increase their defense budget by nearly 30%. pubs.marshallcenter.org

To: greenspirit who wrote (42157)	1/21/2002 3:05:36 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 50167

"Leave India to God. If that is too much, then leave her to anarchy." --Gandhi, May 1942 The partition of India left both India and Pakistan devastated. The process of partition had claimed many lives in the riots. Many others were raped and looted. Women, especially, were used as instruments of power by the Hindus and the Muslims; "ghost trains" full of severed breasts of women would arrive in each of the newly-born countries from across the borders. 15 million refugees poured across the borders to regions completely foreign to them, for though they were Hindu or Muslim, their identity had been embedded in the regions where there ancestors were from. Not only was the country divided, but so were the provinces of Punjab and Bengal, divisions which caused catastrophic riots and claimed the lives of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs alike. Many years after the partition, the two nations are still trying to heal the wounds left behind by this incision to once-whole body of India. Many are still in search of an identity and a history left behind beyond an impenetrable boundary. The two countries started of with ruined economies and lands and without an established, experienced system of government. emory.edu

To: greenspirit who wrote (42157)	1/21/2002 3:11:55 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 50167

This story vividly portrays how the process of partition claimed many lives in the riots. It shows it in an up close and personal level. All in the name of religion and nationalism, people who had lived together in relative harmony for centuries committed mindless acts of violence against each other. It was a tragic experience because over a million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims who were killed. Twelve million people were forced to move-Hindus to India, and Muslims to Pakistan. Both groups moved because they feared being ruled by leaders of the other faith. If a Hindu, Muslim or Sikh was caught on the wrong side of the dividing lines, they were driven out of their homes. The journey was long and torturous. Many people were forced to leave their possessions or trade them for water. Hunger, thirst and exhaustion killed others. An estimated 75,000 women were raped. The two countries lost many of their most dynamic leaders, such as Gandhi, Jinnah and Allama Iqbal, soon after the partition. boloji.com